Factory farming
WATCH: A Deep Dive into Pandemics
How exactly are diseases like COVID-19 linked to the way we treat animals? Keep watching to find out...
21 September 2020
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The zoonotic disease burden in Australia
The worldwide practice of keeping animals -- both 'farmed' and wild -- in filthy, confined conditions and then slaughtering them, not only inflicts horrific cruelty on billions of sentient beings every year -- it also provides the perfect breeding ground…
5 May 2020
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What is factory farming?
Every year in Australia, millions of gentle hens, curious chickens, and sensitive mother pigs are kept hidden away in factory farms. These intelligent animals are denied everything that makes life worth living. Will you help them?
9 September 2019
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Germany says no more chick shredding!
Germany is on track to become the FIRST country to stop grinding up the millions of live baby chicks considered 'waste' by the worldwide egg industry.
14 November 2018
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Ban the battery cage: a RECORD-BREAKING number of people speak up for hens!
A whopping 150,000+ caring Aussies speak up for the hens -- and against battery cage cruelty!
20 March 2018
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Nation-wide radio campaign hits the airwaves!
Four of Australia's most well-known personalities have lent their voices to hens in our series of powerful radio ads.
25 January 2018
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8 ways laws fail chickens, turkeys and ducks in Australian farms
These animals endure extreme cruelty... and it's all legal.
20 December 2017
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8 epic failures of current Poultry Laws
From caging hens to starving chickens to depriving ducks of water, Australian laws are failing farmed birds. Here' how you can help.
20 December 2017
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10 reasons cages suck for hens
There's a reason why more and more individuals, retailers and fast food chains are committing to help get hens out of cages. Actually, there are many reasons ...
6 December 2017
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VICTORY! Factory farm pig cruelty stopped in its tracks!
The best way to save animals from suffering in factory farms is to stop factory farms from being built in the first place.
10 July 2017
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Investigation reveals the cruel reality of 'meat' in Bali
An Animals Australia investigation into the Bali dog meat trade shocked tourists -- but also revealed what 'meat' means for other animals in Bali.
19 June 2017
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Violent truth about egg farming exposed in Aussie-first investigation
This first ever look inside an Australian hatchery shows the routine horrors of egg farming. See for yourself.
19 July 2016
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Fish in farms suffer from severe depression, research finds
Farm-raised fish can suffer from such high levels of stress and depression that they essentially give up on life.
10 June 2016
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5 things we could all learn from pigs
Proof that pigs belong in our hearts -- not our bellies.
8 November 2015
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Brace yourself: the first day on Earth for chickens is terrifying
They are among the most vulnerable of all farmed animals: baby chicks. And you won't believe what happens to them inside the walls of the world's 'mega hatcheries'.
28 October 2015
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6 animals you might not know are factory farmed.
Factory farms can only exist because they keep their cruelty to animals hidden from view. Here are 6 animals you're not supposed to know are factory farmed — and tips on how to help them.
11 August 2015
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9 reasons why the Minister for Agriculture shouldn't be the Minister for Animal Welfare
There is a fundamental conflict between the Ministerial office of Agriculture and that of Animal Welfare. The same person should not be expected -- or permitted -- to be in control of these contrary positions. But that's exactly the sticky…
22 June 2015
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'Mega factory farm' threat grows for Australian dairy cows
If a disturbing international trend takes hold in Australia, dairy cows cruelly confined to factory farms could become the 'norm'... Discover more and how YOU can help stop this cruelty.
20 April 2015
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Slaughterhouse cruelty – history repeating?
A shameful list of shocking cruelty incidents at Australian slaughterhouses shows clearly that current regulations are failing to protect animals.
26 February 2015
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Two years on, what has Australia's biggest campaign against factory farming achieved?
Look back at what this little flying piglet has achieved since she first launched the 'Make it Possible' campaign to end factory farming two years ago ...
11 November 2014
